2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia

2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia
Tournament details

Host country	China
Dates	15–19 February 2012
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Japan (2nd title)
Runner-up	China 1
Third place	China 2
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Games played	8
Goals scored	54 (6.75 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Chiho Osawa (7 points)
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The 2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia was the third IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia, an annual international ice hockey tournament held by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It was held from 15 February 2012 to 19 February 2012 in Qiqihar, China. Japan won the tournament for the second year in a row after defeating China's first team in the gold medal game. China's second team won bronze after defeating South Korea in the third place match.

Overview

The 2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia began on 15 February 2012 in Qiqihar, China.^[1] The tournament expanded back to four teams from three in 2011 with the inclusion of a second Chinese national team.^[1] That second national team was the Chinese junior team.^[2] The opening game was played between the first and second teams of China with the first Chinese team defeating the second team 12–0.^[1] Japan won the tournament for the second year in a row after defeating China's first team in the gold medal game.^[1] China's second team finished in third place after defeating South Korea in the bronze medal game 2–1.^[1] Chiho Osawa of Japan finished the tournament as the top scorer after finishing with seven points including four goals and three assists.^[3] South Korea's Shin Sojung finished as the tournaments top goaltender based on save percentage with 93.33.^[4]

Round robin

The four participating teams were placed in a single round robin. After playing the round-robin, the top two teams advanced to the gold medal game while teams rank three and four advanced to the bronze medal game.^[5]

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
China 1	3	3	0	0	0	19	2	+17	9	Gold medal game
Japan	3	2	0	0	1	20	5	+15	6	Gold medal game
China 2	3	0	1	0	2	4	27	−23	2	Bronze medal game
South Korea	3	0	0	1	2	4	13	−9	1	Bronze medal game

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All times local.

15 February 2012
16:15

China 1

12 – 0
(5–0, 5–0, 2–0)

China 2

Qiqihar Icerink
Attendance: 220

Game reference

Wang Yuqing

Goalies

Jiao Jian
Yang Jiaqi

Referee:

Miyuki Nakayama

1:53 - Zhang M (Fang)	1 – 0
2:46 - Yu (Gao)	2 – 0
3:41 - Ma	3 – 0
12:02 - Fang (Huang)	4 – 0
13:58 - Zhang B (Ma)	5 – 0
23:22 - Kong (Huo)	6 – 0
25:09 - Huang	7 – 0
29:13 - Cui (Huo)	8 – 0
34:16 - Huang (Kong)	9 – 0
35:41 - Ma	10 – 0
42:03 - Wang N (Fang)	11 – 0
43:50 - Zhang M (Yu, Gao) (PP)	12 – 0

4 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

15 February
19:15

Japan

6 – 1
(2–0, 2–1, 2–0)

South Korea

Qiqihar Icerink
Attendance: 1935

Game reference

Azusa Nakaoku

Goalies

Shin Sojung

Referee:

Liu Chunhua

9:25 - Osawa (Yoneyama)	1 – 0
14:15 - Ishiura (Shimozawa, Toko)	2 – 0
31:35 - Toko (Shimozawa)	3 – 0
33:03 - Toko (Ishiura)	4 – 0
	4 – 1	34:37 - Han J (Han S) (PP)
41:49 - Morii (Shishiuchi)	5 – 1
55:49 - Osawa (Yamaya)	6 – 1

6 min

Penalties

4 min

Shots

16 February 2012
16:15

China 1

3 – 0
(0–0, 3–0, 0–0)

South Korea

Qiqihar Icerink
Attendance: 374

Game reference

Shi Yao

Goalies

Shin Sojung

Referee:

Miyuki Nakayama

24:18 - Gao	1 – 0
35:23 - Ma (Zhang B) (PP)	2 – 0
36:41 - Fang (Zhang M, Jiang) (PP)	3 – 0

10 min

Penalties

16 min

Shots

16 February 2012
19:15

China 2

0 – 12
(0–4, 0–6, 0–2)

Japan

Qiqihar Icerink
Attendance: 312

Game reference

Jiao Jian
Yang Jiaqi

Goalies

Azusa Nakaoku

Referee:

Lui Chunchua

	0 – 1	6:36 - Yoneyama (Osawa) (SH)
	0 – 2	13:00 - Yonyama (Takeuchi)
	0 – 3	15:15 - Osawa (Eguchi) (PP)
	0 – 4	18:31 - Shishiuchi (Morii)
	0 – 5	26:59 - Shimozawa
	0 – 6	27:28 - Shimozawa (Toko)
	0 – 7	31:38 - Shimozawa
	0 – 8	34:49 - Eguchi (Osawa, Yoneyama)
	0 – 9	37:18 - Shimozawa
	0 – 10	37:50 - Takeuchi (Takeda)
	0 – 11	43:51 - Ishiura
	0 – 12	59:27 - Ishiura (SH)

10 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

18 February 2012
16:15

China 1

4 – 2
(1–0, 2–1, 1–1)

Japan

Qiqihar Icerink
Attendance: 2012

Game reference

Shi Yao
Wang Yuqing

Goalies

Azusa Nakaoku

Referee:

Liu Chunchua

11:49 - Kong (Fang)	1 – 0
20:17 - Wang N (Huang, Huo)	2 – 0
32:57 - Huang (Wang N)	3 – 0
	3 – 1	33:28 - T Eguchi (M Hori)
	3 – 2	53:38 - H Toko
56:54 - Fang (Zhang M, Kong)	4 – 2

6 min

Penalties

4 min

Shots

18 February 2012
19:15

South Korea

3 – 4 GWS
(0–0, 2–0, 1–3)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)

China 2

Qiqihar Icerink
Attendance: 293

Game reference

Han Dohee
Shin Sojung

Goalies

Jiao Jian
Yang Jiaqi

Referee:

Miyuki Nakayama

29:57 - Lee K (Han S) PP)	1 – 0
33:39 - Han S	2 – 0
	2 – 1	41:07 - Jiang X (He) (PP)
46:17 - Park J (Ko) (PP)	3 – 1
	3 – 2	48:04 - Yang M (Lu) (PP)
	3 – 3	53:37 - Ju (He X)

Han S

Park J

Lee K

Shootout

Jiang X

Wen

12 min

Penalties

28 min

Shots

Gold medal game

19 February 2012
11:00

China 1

1 – 3
(0–0, 0–2, 1–1)

Japan

Qiqihar Icerink
Attendance: 2312

Game reference

Shi Yao

Goalies

Azusa Nakaoku

Referee:

Miyuki Nakayama

	0 – 1	34:08 - Yoneyama (Osawa)
	0 – 2	37:48 - Shishiuchi (Fujimoto)
43:25 - Zhang M (Yu)	1 – 2
	1 – 3	46:47 - Osawa (Morii)

10 min

Penalties

2 min

Shots

Bronze medal game

19 February 2012
14:00

China 2

2 – 1
(2–1, 0–0, 0–0)

South Korea

Qiqihar Icerink
Attendance: 2290

Game reference

Yang Jiaqi

Goalies

Sojung Shin

Referee:

Liu Chunhua

	0 – 1	4:55 - Ko (Lee K) (PP)
11:54 - Lv	1 – 1
12:25 - He (Jiang)	2 – 1

10 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals, assists, and the lower penalties in minutes.^[3]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	POS
Chiho Osawa	4	4	3	7	+3	2	F
Saki Shimozawa	4	4	2	6	+9	4	F
Fang Xin	4	3	3	6	+6	2	F
Haruna Yoneyama	3	3	2	5	+6	4	F
Huang Haijing	4	3	2	5	+5	10	F
Haruka Toko	4	3	2	5	+9	0	F
Zhang Mengying	4	3	2	5	+6	0	F
Fuka Ishiura	3	3	1	4	+9	0	F
Ma Rui	4	3	1	4	+6	2	F
Kong Minghui	4	2	2	4	+5	4	F

Leading goaltenders

China's Shi Yao finished second among the goaltenders after conceding five goals and finishing with a save percentage of 92.06

Only the top goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.^[4]

Player	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%
Shin Sojung	209:57	165	11	3.14	93.33
Shi Yao	178:59	63	5	1.68	92.06
Azusa Nakaoku	240:00	59	6	1.50	89.83
(2) Yang Jiaqi	117:03	61	10	5.13	83:61
(2) Jiao Jian	127:57	47	18	8.44	61.70

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
^ "Ladies first in Asia". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2012-12-14. Archived from the original on 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
^ ^a ^b "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
^ ^a ^b "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
^ "Format". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-19.